Page

Remusat: letter to Mr. Washburne in relation to case of Mr. Miltz. (See
Miltz)....
Report: on judicial questions in China; desirability of all governments hav-
ing treaties with China adopting same principle in civil and criminal
cases, viz, the defendant to be tried in court of his own nationality;
important measures recommended; rules of procedure, &c., recom-
mended

Resolute, Arctic discovery ship: piece of furniture made from timbers of, to be
presented by Queen Victoria to the President of the United States; table
presented to Mrs. Grinnell.

Retschel, George: claims to be a naturalized citizen of the United States;
the chargé d'affaires of the United States at Berne asked to furnish him
and his family with means of subsistence

Revolution: in Chihuahua. (See Chihuahua).

in Lower California; letter of Consul Turner upon
in Mexico over the presidential election....
in Peru....

163, 184

525

955.956
722-724
... 727,72
765.760

----

819-824

Rice: importation of foreign, into Hawaiian Islands facilitates exportation of
native rice to the United States duty free; evasion of the United States
customs duty on foreign, shipped as native; alleged reasons why such
frauds cannot be practised; statistics of importations of, under the
treaty; discussion of the question; an act to impose specific duties on. 606-614
Rich, Isaac, schooner: claim against Great Britain ....

(See Fortune Bay outrage.)

Richter, Edward: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled........
Rio de Janeiro: scenes of violence; the military called upon to preserve order;
quiet restored; the Emperor..

(See Treasury.)

Rio Grande: waters of, diverted by Mexicans; consequent injury to Texan
agriculturists along the river; such violation of the rights of riparian
proprietors likely to cause bitter feelings and possible breaches of the
peace..

Roach: steamship line..

(See Steamship line.)

Roberts, O. M.: governor of Texas: (See Rio Grande.)

Roca, General: interview with Tejedor..

refusal of his party to vote; his resignation demanded..

561

455

9:

752-755,784

report that he will invade province of Buenos Ayres; determination to
repel him....

reply to demand of peace committee, that he withdraw as a presidential
candidate..

Rocedo in command of national troops: engagement with Arias, command-
ing the Buenos Ayres troops.

Rogers, Herbert M., schooner: claim against Great Britain...

(See Fortune Bay outrage.)

Roman Catholicism; representative from the Pope in Liberia.....
Rome: New Year receptions and festivities; absence of the Queen; work of
the two legislative chambers; defeat of the project for abolition of grist-
tax, and consequent prorogation of Parliament; probable dissolution
of Parliament and re-election...

Rörden, Arfst A.: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled....
Rotterdam: defalcation of Messrs. Pincoffs and Kerdijk; refuge of the for-
mer in the United States; absence of treaty of extradition between the
United States and the Netherlands; an account of the business stand-
ing, character, &c., of the defaulters

Roumania: identical notes of recognition from England, France, and Ger-
many; delay of the three powers; Austria's note of mediation; the Jew-
ish question...

postponement of trade-mark convention with the United States.
recognition of; condition and persecution of the Jews in.....

recognition of, by England, France, and Germany; recognition by the
Netherlands; letter of the President of the United States to Prince
Charles.

recognition of, by the King of the Netherlands..

state railways.

(See Railroads.)

Ruelas, Señor: his death; expressions of regret on the part of the United
States, at the sad news..

letter on murder case to Mr. Foster: (See Mexico.)

Rules: of court at Shanghai..

(See Mixed courts.)

Rumsey, John: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage
Russia: appointment of commission for international exchange of works of
science and art; regulations of the commission...
attempt upon the life of the Emperor: by explosion in the winter palace;
from fifty to sixty soldiers killed; the Emperor unharmed; the Em-
press's health....

Page.

162

574

882, 883

869-871

by the wrecking of railway train; the Emperor's escape; destruction of
baggage-cars; passengers unharmed; congratulations of the govern-
ment and people of the United States to the Emperor on his escape.. 866-869
case of Henry Pinkos, a Jew and a citizen of the United States, ordered
to leave St. Petersburg

change among high officers; General Melikoff appointed chief of the su-
preme executive commission; seizure of Nihilist printing-press in St.
Petersburg, and arrest of persons connected with it; murder of the po-
lice's informant; many persons leaving the city

death of the Empress; expressions of sympathy by the President of the
United States

....

expulsion of foreign Jews, as suspected persons: (See Pinkos.).
Jews in, alleged to be subjected to hardships by Government of.
reception by the Emperor of the diplomatic corps; congratulations of the
President of the United States to the Emperor upon the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his accession to the throne...

rule concerning admission of printed matter into Russia; permission
granted the United States consul-general to receive printed matter ad-
dressed to him, unopened..........

873-882

871, 872

874, 875
873-882

873

872

877,878

(See Hayti.)

President of Hayti, address of; the country at peace; the election; ne-
cessity of adopting the new constitution; finances of the republic in bad
condition; reforms

365

464

614

623-625

Salvador: visit of the United States minister in Central America to; his re-
ception; remarks, and the reply of the President..

115, 116

Sandwich Islands: emigration to, from China...

(See Emigration.)

Santa Cruz: financial condition of....

(See Denmark.)

Saunders, John: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage.

Saxony: opposition to imperial control of railroads in Germany.

Schehr, John: an American citizen, fined for non-performance of military duty
in Germany.

237

345

575

415

.441, 443, 445, 457

(See Alsace-Lorraine.)

Schmidt, P. C.: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled..
Schools: in Japan: regulations governing conduct of..
Schuchardt, Wm.: United States consul at Piedras Negras: (See Army.).... 776-780
Scott, Louis H., United States consul at Chihuahua: complaints of
Scott, Matthew: citizen of the United States who died at Kobé; the Japa-
nese Government appropriates 900 yen for a suitable monument to his
memory.

456

655-657

722-724

686

non existence of paper money.

Scruggs, W. M., United States consul: (See War power of China).
Servia: mintage laws of; statistics of coinage; cireulation of other coins in;

postponement of trade-mark convention with the United States..
rights of the Jews; their rights of trade and commerce, religion, and cit-
izenship; negotiations by the United States minister at Vienna..
Seward, G. F.: United States minister to China; appreciation of his services
on diplomatic committee.

Shanghai: harbor rules

mixed courts at

rules of mixed courts at..

250

162

Shepard, I. F.: United States consul; report on education in China.
Shipping: alleged overcharge of tonnage dues in New York on Brazilian ves-
sel; restitution ordered

284

102-106

Paze

Shipping-Continued.

custody of registers of American vessels; no discriminations practiced in
the ports of Colombia.

custody of records of United States vessels; mail steamers of the United
States; objectionable system; passage of a bill modifying the annoy-
ances; conflict of jurisdiction between the Panama Railroad Company
and the Colombian Government; neutrality of the Isthmus..
discriminating light dues upon foreign vessels in Hayti...
first Chinese steamer to enter an American port...

(See Wo Chung.)

221

312-315

513, 519, 631

foreign built ships owned by citizens of the United States; status of, &c.
(See Consuls.)

order of the Queen relating to collisions at sea to apply to all ships
whether in British jurisdiction or not

(See Collisions at sea.)

proposed revision of Japanese treaties with reference to; right of coast-
ing trade; the Japanese mercantile marine; protected by the govern-
ment; the Mitsu Bishi Company; shipbuilding in Japan, docks, &c.;
marine insurance by foreign companies....

468-472

662-664

question of granting clearances to American vessels in Peru, during the
war with Chili..

regulations governing ships under sail; under steam..
rules in Colombia for the deposit of ship's papers..

315

status of foreign built ships owned by Americans; rights of Americans
to buy and carry on commerce in foreign built vessels; duties of con-
suls; right of appeal to diplomatic officers

the case of the "Itata" at Lima

Shufeldt, Commodore: arbitration in Liberian boundary question....

(See Great Britain.)

thanks of Liberian Government to, for services rendered in the adjust-
ment of the "Northwest boundary question"

123
12

331

693, 694, 700

Siberia: commerce may be opened with interior by means of the Lena River,

Sierra Leone: interference of governor of, in affairs of the island of Mata-
công.

easily reached from the Pacific..

Silver: amount of coin imported into and exported from Hayti (see Currency,

Cuba: improbability that system of guardianship proposed for emancipated
slaves will prove feasible..

proposed law for the emancipation of...

704,705

Egypt: application of five, at the United States consulate general in Cairo;
an account of them; their liberation accomplished after considerable
trouble

82,38,39

891-9

.... 1019, 1030

arrest of slave dealers and rescue of 130 slaves in district of Berber;
prompt action of Egyptian officials; freedom obtained for two slaves
by the United States consular clerk at Cairo; article from the London
Times on the slave traffic; circular of the minister of the interior defin-
ing the laws and penalties...

... 1023-103

........ 1012, 1013

rescue of 20 at railway station in Cairo on train from Assioût; surprise
of a caravan of slave traders and rescue of 90 slaves; action of the
British consul-general; slavery favored by the natives..
Slave trade at Assioût: facilities in surrounding country for the secreting of
slaves by Arab traders; arrest of traders and liberation of slaves found
in their possession; this trade encouraged by natives....

Smith, F. A., schooner: claim against Great Britain....

(See Fortune Bay outrage.)

Smith, Peter: (See Fortune Bay outrage).

Snellgrove, George: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage..
Society Islands: flag of the French protectorate among.

1008-1012

548

536

(See French Protectorate.)

356

Sonora: disbandment of forces intended for invasion of, in consequence of
the action of United States military authorities; desire of the United
States to co-operate in frustrating all such attempts..

railway: (See Railroads)..

formation of raiding parties on the Mexican frontier for invasion of; order
of the Secretary of War to General McDowell....

785,796

784.755

South Pacific Times: extract from; proclamation of the President of Peru..

721.722

848

Spain: American vessels boarded by Spanish naval officers on the high seas;
Spanish Government orders an immediate investigation....
case of the whaling schooner, Edward Lee.........
conduct of Spanish naval vessels on the high seas; interference with
American trading vessels; four separate instances of American trading
vessels boarded by officers of Spanish navy and searched; gravity of
these offenses; maritime dominion under law of nations....
question of various reforms in Cuba; gravity of the question not fully
comprehended

transit of criminals whose extradition has been conceded by third power
through territory of; articles of existing conventions between Spain
and other countries; no objections to the application of these articles
to cases where the United States are concerned

treaty of peace and friendship between Peru and, signed and ratified.
Stahel: letter on mixed courts in China....

(See Mixed courts.)

Stapleton, Edward: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage..

Statement of grievances: unauthorized inland taxation on imports in China;
value of foreign coins arbitrarily fixed; excessive tonnage dues.....

Statistics: Brazilian finances

(See Brazil.)

coinage in Servia..

emigration from Switzerland

German army: expenditure in military and naval support

(See Army.)

Page.

929, 930
887-889

922-927

889, 890

920-922

852

211

584

174, 175

83

58

957

401-403

58

132

942

635, 636

602-604

416, 417

64

50

Steamships: Chinese Steam Navigation Company's encouragement to emi-
grants. (See Emigration).

237

Hungarian emigration...

in message of Chilian President to Congress, on commerce..

marriages, births, and deaths, under Swiss federal law.

of currency in Hayti...............

of custom-house at Hawaii. (See Hawaii).

of railroads in Germany.

population of Bosnia, Herzegovina..

population of the "new annexed provinces" of Austria-Hungary

Steamship lines: contemplated withdrawal of that one between New York
and Brazil; the trade of Brazil of much value to our country..
(See Brazil.)

recommendation by Brazilian minister that subsidy be granted to line
running between Canada, the United States, and Brazil, &c.; refusal
of minister to meet requirements of subsidy contract with the Roach
line..
Steffens, Emil: defendant in trade-mark case; law held to be unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court of the United States...

Steig, George: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled..
Stephenson, Emily, Schooner: alleged trespass of, on British Columbian fish-
ing-grounds.

Students: hardship in charging passport fees upon American, in Germany. 423, 433, 434
St. Petersburg: seizure of Nihilist printing press; murder of informant;
search and inspection of dwelling-houses by the police; many people
leaving the city.

871,872

344

732-734

934-936

St. Thomas: reported transfer of, by Denmark, to Great Britain denied.
Sutter, John A., jr., United States consul at Acapulco: letter on case of Cap-
tain Jacobson, an American citizen...
Sweden and Norway: change of ministry; this change caused by defeat of
the army bill; organization of new cabinet; short sketches of several
of the ministers..
emigration of converts to Mormonism to the United States; measures
taken by the government to dissuade this....
political thought and feeling in Norway; proposed amendment to the
constitution; refusal of the King to sanction an amendment adopted
by the Storthing; question as to the limit of the King's veto power... 937-939
reception by people and government of, to Professor Nordenskjold; re-
ceived by the King in person, &c.; dinner given by the King..
Switzerland: application to United States legation in, for certificates as to
validity of marriages of citizens of the United States in that country. 957, 958

.933,934, 939

936 937

Switzerland-Continued.

emigration of persons intending to join Mormon community in the United
States; disposition of the President to render assistance in arresting
this emigration;, letter of the President...

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.951, 952, 953, 54

financial measure introduced in the national council; rejection of the
measure and consequent popular dissatisfaction..
property in, claimed by natives of that country, naturalized in the United
States; laws governing such cases.

939,96

952,953

text of the Swiss federal law of 1874, concerning the social state and
marriage; this law not entirely free from objections by United States
citizens; statistics...

the government abstains from participation in colonization and emigra-
tion schemes; declaration of the Grütliverein..

941-951

956,957

the government asks the chargé d'affaires of the United States to furnish
means of subsistence to an alleged naturalized citizen of the United
States and his family.

955.96

text of the Swiss federal law, &c.: final provisions.

950,951

general provisions..

944,945

95

949,950

945,946

946,947

947-999

951

penal provisions

special provisions as to divorce, nullity of marriage, and as to entries to
be made in such cases.

special provisions upon the keeping of register of births...
special provisions upon the keeping of the register of deaths....

special provisions for keeping of register of marriage; qualifications and
conditions necessary to marriage; formalities relative to celebration
of marriage..

transitory provisions..

Symon, Robert R.: transfer of Blair charter to representatives of.
Synge, Colonel: captured and abducted by brigands in Thessaly; his account
of his captivity, &c.; his ransom....

T.

Talisman, French frigate: her arrival at Monrovia; interview of her captain
with the Liberian President; her departure for Gaboon...
Tangier damage to property and crops by floods at..

protection of Moorish subjects in Morocco; desire of Great Britain to
refer the question to representatives of the powers at Madrid......................
(See Moorish subjects.)

Tariff: abolition by the Netherlands of all discriminating duties in East In-
dian colonies..

exorbitant, on foreign vessels in Hayti...

(See Law, Taxation, Duties, Commerce.)

penalties for evading customs, in Mexico..

privileges of Annex B of Franco-Portuguese treaty of 1866; the United
States entitled to the enjoyment of these privileges; admission of the
United States to these privileges; decree of the King... .854, 855, 800-864
Taxation: additional, decreed in Portugal to cover deficit in government re-
ceipts..

differential duties levied by the United States on indirect colonial prod-
ucts of the Netherlands; interpretation of Article V of convention with
reference to this question...

extension of income tax in Portugal..

exemption from, of Spanish subjects resident in Morocco.

on foreign goods in China. (See Lord).

questions relating to. (See China)

the tribute in Egypt; extract from the Egyptian Gazette.
unauthorized, &c., in China. (See Treaties)..

864,965

807,809

140, 141

1021,102

Tejedor: annual message to the provincial chambers; defining rights of the
national government..

governor at Buenos Ayres; arming of troops in city.

he accepts the offers of mediation tendered by the United States minister.

his friends refuse to accept his renunciation of the candidacy for Presi-
dent.....

his surrender and resignation....

interview with Roca...

refusal to disarm the troops; declines to be a candidate for the Presi-
dency..

173, 174